The Judgment of Paris

1546

Sebald Beham after Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

Barthel Beham

Artist After, German, 1502 - 1540

The image depicts multiple figures in a historical setting. Five bodies are shown, mostly in full view. In the foreground, a seated man with curly hair and a beard is holding a curved object and is partially draped below the waist. To his left, a standing man with Roman-style armor, including a helmet, is depicted. He carries a staff with two snakes twisted around it. Three standing women are seen adjacent to him, depicted as nude, with their hair styled in buns; they are arranged in a line. In the upper right corner, a small winged figure is also visible, holding a bow while looking downward at the scene. The background features textured stone structures or formations, and there is an inscription at the bottom reading "IVDICIVM PARIDIS". The overall tone and style suggest a classical or mythological theme, rendered in a finely detailed, monochromatic fashion.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1047

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 91, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1969

  • Symbols in Transformation: Iconographic Themes at the Time of the Reformation, Princeton University Art Museum, 1969, no. 18, repro.

Bibliography

1901

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 92, i/ii.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 91, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961415

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